The Third Eye Chakra...

Today, we will discuss about The Third Eye Chakra.

Third Eye Chakra, also known as the Brow Chakra, or Ajna Chakra is located at the center of the eyebrows, exactly at the place where Indian women wear Bindi on forehead.

As the name suggests, the Third Eye Chakra holds the command of our physical as well as spiritual activities. It is said that this Chakra is the point where duality ends, and we become one with our physical and spiritual self. It also governs and makes ourselves aware of our psychic thoughts and powers.  This Chakra is the point to receive psychic information from outside sources, and have Clairvoyance.

Now visualize the body parts that are a part of this region. This Chakra affects the face, Pituitary, Pineal Gland, Parts of Skull, major parts of brain like—cerebellum, left brain, medulla oblongata, and hypothalamus, Immune System, Nervous System, and forehead. Therefore, if this Chakra is not balanced, it may manifest in the illnesses of Eyes, nose, ear, sinuses, Cerebellum, forebrain, medulla oblongata, and Autonomous nervous system. It may cause Anxiety disorder, Depression, Sleep Disorder, maniac behavior, fear, schizophrenia, paranoia, mental equilibrium etc. Psychologically, this Chakra helps one have a clear vision and perception about one’s own self, psychic intuitions, Self-realization; and emotionally, it enhances one’s imagination. The color of this chakra is INDIGO BLUE.

An underactive Third Eye Chakra makes one unfaithful, lack focus, lack purpose, extreme attachment to physical possessions, relationships, issues, and no connection with the Universal source, self doubt, lethargy, no inclination to learn new things, over-analytical, overindulgent, oversensitive to others, inconsiderate, rigid, closed-minded, and confused. With an overactive Third Eye Chakra one may feel difficulty in concentrating, focusing—as restlessness comes in, impatience, hallucinations, uncaring, cold, tend to belittle others, live in the fantasy world. You may even feel overwhelmed for getting loads of psychic information that you start interfering with the day-to-day life of self and others. To balance this Chakra you may consider doing the following:

·         Imagine a dark blue or Indigo beam of light, entering your body at the Third eye Chakra.

·         Imagine the blue beam converting into a spinning wheel. At first, imagine the wheel spinning anticlockwise. This will deplete negative energy, if any; and then spin the wheel clockwise. This will absorb positive energy from the universe.

·         Make chanting a habit.

·         You must do meditation, guided meditations, visualization to balance this Chakra.

·         Keep a journal handy where you can record your dreams, images that come to your mind during meditations.

·         Increase your power of being aware of your surroundings.

·         Depending upon the energy of your Third Eye Chakra, you may reduce or enhance the use of color Dark Blue/ Indigo on your body and in surroundings.

The Throat Chakra

Today, we will discuss about The Throat Chakra.

Throat Chakra, also known as Vishuddha Chakra is located at the center of the collar bone, the hollow of the collar bone.

As the name suggests, the Throat Chakra is the center of all our thoughts, emotions, communication, expression, and action.  This Chakra is the radar to receive information from outside sources, assimilate and process the information. This Chakra is also responsible to generate Clairs, and also personal magnetism. Sometimes we feel attracted to a few people, or some people simply have magnetism in their personality. This magnetism comes from this Chakra.

Now visualize the body parts that are a part of this region. This Chakra affects Thyroid, parathyroid, vocal chords, jaw, neck, chin, ears, nose, mouth, hypothalamus, shoulders, lymphatic system, menstruation, and respiratory organs. Therefore, if this Chakra is not balanced, it may manifest in the illnesses of Thyroid, tonsillitis, common flu, infections, toothaches, mouth ulcers, speech disorders, swelling on vocal chords, neck, shoulder problems, premenstrual syndrome, hormonal imbalance, mood swings, attention disorders, and trouble sleeping. Psychologically, it has a great impact on our quality of communication, speech, public speaking, self expression, wisdom, and trust, contentment, truthfulness, loyalty, calmness etc.  The color of this chakra is BLUE.

An underactive Throat Chakra makes one lack in creativity, prevents one from speaking his or her mind, makes feel shy, intimidated, introverted, unable to express self with clarity of mind, makes a person resist change, slow to respond, and give in to the pressures from others. An overactive Throat Chakra makes you talk excessively, mostly gossiping, and negative talks. You may over-react to small things and situations. This may also make you stubborn, and you may cling to old traditions and disabling beliefs. This Chakra stores the information about Self knowledge that has been passed from past incarnations or previous journeys of our soul. This Chakra is the place for most of the Clairs like—Clairaudience (hearing), Clairsentience (feeling), Clairgustance (taste), Clairscence (smell), Clairempathy (feeling emotions), and Clairtangency (touch) etc.

To balance this Chakra you may consider doing the following:

·         Imagine a blue beam of light, entering your body at the Throat Chakra.

·         Imagine the blue beam converting into a spinning wheel. At first, imagine the wheel spinning anticlockwise. This will deplete negative energy, if any; and then spin the wheel clockwise. This will absorb positive energy from the universe.

·         You may consider listening to Divine Chants, and repeating Chants in mind, or even listening to some religious or spiritual music like choir, bhajans, geet etc.

·         You must do meditation to balance this Chakra.

·         This Chakra works very well with breathing exercises, nature walks, going to a sea shore, listening to the music of waves, the sound of winds etc.

·         Do not suppress your emotions.

·         You may also consider gargling with warm salted water.

·         Depending upon the energy of your Throat Chakra, you may reduce or enhance the use of color Blue on your body and in surroundings.

Heart Chakra Contd....

Before I move on to the next Chakra, I would like to discuss something more about the Heart Chakra. Heart Chakra or Anahata Chakra is the most important body chakra as far as human beings are concerned. Because, we being humans are bound to feel emotional, get affected by emotions, give out different emotions, and also receive emotions and emotional outbursts from people around us.

All this creates a lot of emotional energy around us. This energy in turn affects our very being in a positive or a negative way.

I would like to request all of you to please meditate on this chakra, and try to have a feel of its health. If this chakra is not in harmony, it will affect the overall health of all the chakras. How? Heart Chakra falls exactly in the middle of the Chakras--three chakras are below--solar plexus, sacral and root chakra; and three above-- the throat chakra, third eye and the crown chakra. So, the heart Chakra makes the middle point of this imaginary pipe of chakras. If it is blocked (which is the case with almost everyone of us, at least initially), it will not let the energy flow freely in our body.

Only one blocked chakra may block or affect the health and functioning of other chakras. Can you imagine, visualize the gravity of this situation??? And, I must tell you that the Heart Chakra  plays a very important role in our life as this chakra is the place of exchange of the most of the energy.

All your thoughts, intent, action, and emotions are generated here, right here in this chakra. If you bury your emotions, they create a graveyard of negative emotions that stay permanently in your heart chakra blocking positive energy from coming in and negative eneregy from going out. The hurts you receive from others, the responsibilities that you shirk, your frustrations, unfulfilled expectations, desires, dreams; all add into emotional clutter. And this emotional clutter makes you feel even more insure, depressed, moody, angry, arrogant, and what not.

Please pay attention to your thoughts. Do not keep emotions buried, resolve issues that trouble you. And in most of the cases, you would find the solution from within. Connect to your inner self very often. Introspect, analyze, churn, ponder, and find a solution that is the best suited for you to live a happy life.

May I EXPECT () all of you to please meditate on Heart Chakra today???

The Heart Chakra

Today, we will discuss about The Heart Chakra.

Heart Chakra, also known as Anahata Chakra is located at the center of the chest.

As the name suggests, the Heart Chakra is the abode of all our emotions, to feel, give, receive, and appreciate love and compassion. We oftentimes say or hear things like—“he or she has a big heart, has a generous heart, is good at heart, is soft-hearted, etc.” All these attributes reside in this Chakra. This Chakra is also responsible to generate seeds of creative thoughts. If these thoughts are strong enough, and are nurtured properly; they can be converted into reality with the help of the energy of this Chakra. This Chakra is also another gateway to your connection with the Universal energy, your Higher Self, your healing powers etc.

Now visualize the body parts that are a part of this region. This Chakra affects heart, lungs, thymus gland, blood circulation, shoulders, arms, hands, muscles, and respiratory system of our body. Therefore, if this Chakra is not balanced, it may manifest in the form of illnesses of heart, lungs, hypertension, muscles spasms, cancer of lungs, breasts, autoimmune diseases, etc. Psychologically, it has a great impact on our will power, self-acceptance, love and compassion for self and others, empathy, kindness, give and take, self-control, relationships, renewal, peace, acquiring knowledge.  The color of this chakra is GREEN and also PINK.

An underactive Heart Chakra makes one feel insecure, lonely, jealous, passive, possessive, in self-doubt, feel resentment, need validations from others, have low or no self-worth, lack the attitude of forgive and forget, and let go things in life. You may also have fears of rejection, non-acceptance from others. An overactive Heart Chakra is also equally dangerous. You may suffocate someone of your love, affection and compassion. You will need a constant reminder from others that your love is very important in their lives, and that you love them the most. The loved may feel choked with your overflowing love. This may also bring in self-destructive thoughts, arrogance, a feeling of being too sentimental, mood swings, and codependency. This Chakra stores the information about our spiritual self, about love-hate relationships of the present and the past, our emotional attachments. The Heart Chakra is the energy center for our psychic development, telepathy etc.

To balance this Chakra you may consider doing the following:

·         Imagine a fresh Green beam of light, entering your body at the Heart Chakra. You may also imagine a Pink Beam in case you want to enhance the feeling of love and compassion.

·         Imagine the green or pink beam converting into a spinning wheel. At first, imagine the wheel spinning anticlockwise. This will deplete negative energy, if any; and then spin the wheel clockwise. This will absorb positive energy from the universe.

·         You may consider listening to soft, gentle, romantic music, may sing also along with the songs, or hum to the tune. You may also listen to the sounds of Nature like chirping of birds, waves, sea breeze.

·         You must do meditation to balance this Chakra.

·         This Chakra works very well with breathing exercises, nature walks, going to a sea shore, etc.

·         You may also write some creative stuff, or read something that touches your heart, watch a touching movie, or just recall all emotional moments from your life that would bring tears in your eyes (good as well as not-so-good).

·         If you feel like crying, consider crying and not suppressing it. The suppressed emotions block our heart chakra. It doesn’t matter if you are a male or a female; you are a human being first, and thus are bound to feel emotional at times. Do not worry about anyone, go in a place that is comfortable, cry, release negative emotions and get back to work!

·         Depending upon the energy of your Heart Chakra, you may reduce or enhance the use of color Green or Pink on your body and in surroundings.